Proclamation for General Assembly Meeting




Num. 27.
315

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1879.

Meeting of the General Assembly.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

(L.S.) To the LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS of the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, and
the MEMBERS elected to serve in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
of the said Colony, summoned and called to a Meeting of the
General Assembly of the said Colony, at the City of Wellington,
on the fourteenth day of the month of March to have been com-
menced and held, and to every of you—GREETING:

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS on the eleventh day of January last, His Excellency the Most
Honorable the Marquis of Normanby, G.C.M.G., the Governor of New Zealand,
thought fit to prorogue the General Assembly of New Zealand to the fourteenth day
of March instant, at which time you were held constrained to appear: Now know
ye, that for divers causes and considerations I have thought fit to relieve you and
each of you of your attendance at the time aforesaid, hereby convoking and by these
presents enjoining you, and each of you, that on WEDNESDAY, the FOURTEENTH day of
MAY next, you meet in Parliament, at the City of Wellington, there to take into
consideration the state and welfare of the said Colony of New Zealand, and therein
to do as may seem necessary.

Given under the hand of His Excellency James Prendergast, Esquire,
Administrator of the Government in and over the Colony of New
Zealand and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal
of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. GREY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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🏛️ Proclamation for General Assembly Meeting

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
5 March 1879
Proclamation, General Assembly, Meeting, Wellington, March 14, May 14
  • James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government
  • G. Grey, Government Printer